We believed in our grandmother’s cooking more fervently than we believed in God.

You are the only one who has understood even a whisper of me, and I will tell you that I am the only person who has understood even a whisper of you.

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.

You can see the most beautiful things from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. I read somewhere that people on the street are supposed to look like ants, but that's not true. They look like little people. And the cars look like little cars. And even the buildings look little. It's like New York is a miniature replica of New York, which is nice, because you can see what it's really like, instead of how it feels when you're in the middle of it.

I hated myself for going, why couldn't I be the kind of person who stays?

The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is no end to suffering.

Raising your kids vegetarian is a great way to encourage them to do the opposite of what you want! But the goal is not to have them have the same values that I have. It's to have them act on their values.